Claire and her Birthday Cake
Initially I committed the error of believing once my pal said that she was not bothered with regard to her birthday. I bought her a birthday-card, but I did not organise anything or make a cake.
I can't even remember if I gave her a present or not. A massive mistake. She became exceptionally angry with all her friends and demanded at the last minute that we cancel our plans in order to accompany her to toast her birth day.
These days I understand that it is just what she's like. Some people like to make most of the decisions when it's their birthday. She prefers for another person to come up with a plan. As far as she's concerned, the best bonus with regard to your birthday is that you do not need to make a single decision, because the day is nonetheless filled with folk and activities which you adore.
Every summer in the run-up to her birth day my mate will do the same act.
She maintains she does not want to make a big deal of the big day and that she does not want to arrange a plan for an activity. She says that it is just another day and that she does not want anybody to make a fuss. I've been mates with Claire for ages, therefore now I know the way in which the ritual goes.
After my friend awakens and comes downstairs, she expects everybody to be there, waiting for her having the candles already lit on her birthday cake and primed to burst in to "happy birthday".
We enjoy cake and cups of tea for breakfast.
Following on from a relaxed brekkie, we all go out for the day's secret outing, generally planned by me. Previously we've been to the zoo, on a ghost tour, and to a gallery.
It does not really matter what it is if it's a surprise and the girls are all there.
After that it is time for a tardy luncheon and some drinks prior to going home to get ready for the night's fun. Once more the venue needs to be a surprise. This time we are going to a live music gig, then to a nightclub.